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Tech Firms Tout Progress on Scrubbing Online Terror Content

Large internet companies remain reluctant to apply new methods to curtailing Russia meddling in the U.S.

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Dustin Volz

June 19, 2018 7:00 a.m. ET

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—A few years ago, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube found themselves under withering criticism from governments around the world who said their platforms had become a haven for bad actors seeking to spread damaging propaganda.

The problem then wasn’t Russian election meddling. It was Islamic State militants.